Kathleen E. Carpenter

Kathleen E. Carpenter
Kathleen Carpenter circa 1910
Born(1891-03-24)24 March 1891
Died29 May 1970(1970-05-29) (aged 79)
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Alma materAberystwyth University
Scientific career
FieldsFreshwater biology
InstitutionsAberystwyth University
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Radcliffe College
McGill University
Washington College
University of Liverpool

Kathleen E. Carpenter (1891–1970) was a British freshwater ecologist.[1][2] She is best known for her early studies of the effects of metal pollution on Welsh rivers and their biota, as well as her book Life in Inland Waters, the first textbook in English wholly devoted to freshwater ecology.[3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ Williams, Dudley; Duigan, Catherine (2009). Rivers of Wales. Margraf Publishers. pp. 164–165. ISBN 978-3-8236-1561-3.
  2. ^ Talling, Jack (2004). "The Development of Freshwater Science in Britain, And British Contributions Abroad, 1900–2000". Freshwater Forum. 22: 24. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
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  4. ^ Duigan, Catherine (2018). "Who was... Kathleen Carpenter?". The Biologist. 65 (3): 22–25. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  5. ^ Downes, Barbara J.; Lancaster, Jill (2019). "Celebrating women conducting research in freshwater ecology … and how the citation game is damaging them". Marine and Freshwater Research. 71 (2): 139. doi:10.1071/MF18436. hdl:11343/234116. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
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